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Your ‘God I’m old’ moment

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Txutxioyigx · 23/09/2026 18:50

Gen X menopausal me saying my hair made me ‘look like Worzel Gummidge’ and being met with blank looks ! Yours ?

Your ‘God I’m old’ moment
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OrneryWorld · 29/09/2026 23:17

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 28/09/2026 02:43

Ohh dear lord! I thought he was so sexy!

I've seen him twice in concert this summer. Still going at 71.
Aww, bless him, he's lovely ❤

OrneryWorld · 29/09/2026 23:33

When I realised I was born only 29 years after WW2 ended..........

CrazyMidget · 29/09/2026 23:55

orangetriangle · 23/09/2026 20:48

I mentioned on our teams meeting when xmas at my grandparents involved doing knees up mother brown they had no idea what I was talking about and had to Google it or as my poor old late mum would say why dont you ask Dougal!

I wonder if kids today know what the bumps are!

CrazyMidget · 29/09/2026 23:56

OrneryWorld · 29/09/2026 23:33

When I realised I was born only 29 years after WW2 ended..........

When I read this I immediately assumed you must be pretty old....before doing a quick sum to make sure and realising ME TOO!!!!!!!

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 29/09/2026 23:57

OrneryWorld · 29/09/2026 23:33

When I realised I was born only 29 years after WW2 ended..........

Gosh, you must be a lot older than I am ... er ... [counts on fingers]... Bloody hell!

That can't be right.

CrazyMidget · 30/09/2026 00:02

Another2Cats · 25/09/2026 19:45

I had to google that reference as well. Ironically, (although I have actually heard of the show) I was rather too old to have watched it - for context, I'm in my early 60s.

My initial thought was that she was talking about a much earlier show called Pinky & Perky, they were sort of like a 1950s/1960s version of Alvin & The Chipmunks (if that is a more relevant reference?). Here is an example of the sort of music

This is a Youtube video of them.

The video is from a performance on a different TV show called 'Crackerjack'. This aired from 1955 until 1984, I primarily remember it during the 1970s.

The opening titles of the programme included the phrase

"It's Friday, it's five o'clock, it's Crackerjack"

Just try saying that to anybody under 50!

The competitions were rather interesting. Here is one from 1979 in two parts on Youtube

I don't know how 11 and 12 year old children would answer those questions today.

Incidentally, here is a full episode from 1975

I had that EXACT Pinky and Perky record! And I am YOUNG! I am.

CrazyMidget · 30/09/2026 00:03

BinturongsSmellOfPopcorn · 29/09/2026 23:57

Gosh, you must be a lot older than I am ... er ... [counts on fingers]... Bloody hell!

That can't be right.

My exact reaction! 🤣

CrazyMidget · 30/09/2026 00:21

EveryoneUsingOutro · 25/09/2026 11:13

🤣🤣🤣

MULLETS are back??? Omg. "Business in the front, party in the back!" 🤣🤣🤣

My distaste for male facial hair makes me feel old. It's absolutely everywhere now and I think it started around the year 2000. My formative years were in the Eighties, when all the desirable men on TV and in pop bands etc were perfectly clean-shaven. Dex Dexter, Jeff Colby, George Michael....NO ONE had beards or moustaches. They were seen as this embarrassingly nerdy grim trend from the Seventies that would never see the light of day again. Yet here we are....

My love for Eighties style long, bouncy feathered cuts also ages me. Again, in the Eighties we would laugh at the Seventies style of long, straight, flat centre-parted hair as the ultimate dorky, old-fashioned hair style. The sartorial equivalent of huge bell-bottoms. And now, the majority of female teens and younger women wear that exact style, flat as a pancake with a severe centre parting. To me it looks like the kind of hair a nun might have, or an old washer-woman from 19th century photographs. Or the dreaded Seventies.

Yup. We in the Eighties and Nineties thought that male facial hair and flat centre-parted hair would never see the light of day again.

Now THIS is what I call a hairstyle!

I was watching something from the early Nineties the other day, can't remember what, and it was so nice to see the natural body in everyone's hair. Looked really soft and natural and flattering, compared to the flat-ironed hair we often see today.

Your ‘God I’m old’ moment
Your ‘God I’m old’ moment
OrneryWorld · 30/09/2026 00:51

CrazyMidget · 29/09/2026 23:56

When I read this I immediately assumed you must be pretty old....before doing a quick sum to make sure and realising ME TOO!!!!!!!

I only noticed it recently. I counted again before I posted as I still can't quite get my head round it.

The other day someone referenced something being from the turn of the century. My first thought was 1900. They meant 2000.....

OrneryWorld · 30/09/2026 01:03

This is a great thread.

Here's another.....When I learned that The Stone Roses formed in 1983....WTF?

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 30/09/2026 01:31

OrneryWorld · 29/09/2026 23:33

When I realised I was born only 29 years after WW2 ended..........

I was born only 19 years after WW2 ended, @OrneryWorld! 😮😮😭

Scorchio84 · 30/09/2026 03:19

CrazyMidget · 29/09/2026 23:55

I wonder if kids today know what the bumps are!

Oh my god!! 😂😂WTF was going through our minds AND the adults (parents OR teachers!) stood back & let them happen!

A Leg & a Duck was as bad.. it was like Dancing on ice without the ice

SmallDFartyCarNRG · 30/09/2026 06:49

Dd told me that next year she will be closer to the age I was when I had her than I will be.

OrneryWorld · 30/09/2026 08:47

When you hobble the first three steps after getting off the couch. Your ankles don't work now after more than 10 mins inactivity.

Worse still, you watch your parents fart the first three steps after gettting up from the couch and wonder how close you are to that developmental milestone 🤔

Crikeyalmighty · 30/09/2026 09:41

Constantrunner · 27/09/2026 12:44

Yes the high stools or even just plain backless benches are fine if you are 20, but not comfortable if you are older.

I miss old fashioned restaurants with proper comfy chairs, tablecloths and soft furnishings that absorb noise.

I’m taking my 87 year old FIL to Stockholm with us for new year period and pre booking restaurants and I don’t care if it’s in the top 40 or not, if it has a remote feel of a clattery canteen we won’t be going - so unlike others perusing menus I’m busy looking at internal pics- I want tablecloths, nice subdued lighting , space and cosy decor!! A fair few parissiene style brasseries have been booked

EveryoneUsingOutro · 30/09/2026 11:20

OrneryWorld · 30/09/2026 08:47

When you hobble the first three steps after getting off the couch. Your ankles don't work now after more than 10 mins inactivity.

Worse still, you watch your parents fart the first three steps after gettting up from the couch and wonder how close you are to that developmental milestone 🤔

I just laughed at that - and farted 😳

thinkfast · 30/09/2026 12:36

Bumblenums · 23/09/2026 21:01

That PowerPoint presentations are now referred to as 'decks' - its taken me months to realise thats what the younger members of my work team are referring to 😂

I’ve referred to PowerPoints as decks since I started using them in 2004….

OrneryWorld · 30/09/2026 13:12

EveryoneUsingOutro · 30/09/2026 11:20

I just laughed at that - and farted 😳

Oh no, you may be closer to it than you think....

Allseeingallknowing · 30/09/2026 15:17

When DH keeps pointing out our 60th wedding anniversary card from the King and Queen to visitors!

CrazyMidget · 30/09/2026 17:31

OrneryWorld · 30/09/2026 00:51

I only noticed it recently. I counted again before I posted as I still can't quite get my head round it.

The other day someone referenced something being from the turn of the century. My first thought was 1900. They meant 2000.....

That's crazy. "The turn of the century" is used to mean 1900!

CrazyMidget · 30/09/2026 17:33

Scorchio84 · 30/09/2026 03:19

Oh my god!! 😂😂WTF was going through our minds AND the adults (parents OR teachers!) stood back & let them happen!

A Leg & a Duck was as bad.. it was like Dancing on ice without the ice

What's a leg and a duck???

G5000 · 30/09/2026 17:39

When clothes I bought not too long ago and still have in my wardrobe are sold on Vinted as 'Y2K vintage'

When I stumbled upon a lovely radio station with decent music and it was named something in the lines of Retro Golden Oldies..

Scorchio84 · 30/09/2026 17:55

CrazyMidget · 30/09/2026 17:33

What's a leg and a duck???

So the swinger (so to speak) grabs an arm & a leg, from the same side obviously & away you go on the spin of your life 😂😂🙈

godmum56 · 30/09/2026 17:56

Scorchio84 · 30/09/2026 17:55

So the swinger (so to speak) grabs an arm & a leg, from the same side obviously & away you go on the spin of your life 😂😂🙈

oh "airoplanes"

Scorchio84 · 30/09/2026 17:57

OrneryWorld · 30/09/2026 08:47

When you hobble the first three steps after getting off the couch. Your ankles don't work now after more than 10 mins inactivity.

Worse still, you watch your parents fart the first three steps after gettting up from the couch and wonder how close you are to that developmental milestone 🤔

Oh my GOD!!! 😂😂😂